Petty Quibbles

Past experience Past History Pre Recorded Don’t get me wrong Don’t tell to others Don’t let others tell you what you must do Not sure if I can tell this Not sure if I can tell this now Not sure if I remember this right Best(worst) of the lot Final Destination

Routine

To have a routine – Implies one’s life largely – Goes by set of expected events Is devoid of any unpleasant surprises Has activities to get distracted Has a beginning & an ending every day Yet does routine take away life’s essence? The ability to get surprised by events Happening in next second/minute/day? Is building […]

Oracle

People look for oracles Not ‘cause they believe But it gives them respite From the inane mundanity To hold onto something That might or might not happen Helps them cope with the present Some oracles might bring dread That put people’s current Troubles in perspective All people want is to Put behind the troubled past […]

Disengage

To disengage from society Is not to seclude oneself But staying clear of the cacophony To disengage from impassioned arguments Is not to give up one’s beliefs But preserving one’s inner harmony To disengage from one’s thoughts Is not to disengage from oneself But holding on to sanity in an insane world To disengage from […]

Holding on

People hold on dearly to Insignificant events & things In the hope of Having meaning in life People hold on dearly to Irreconcilable ideas & inane thoughts In the hope of Feeling ahead of others People hold on dearly to Invisible beings & inexplicable phenomenons In the hope of Understanding some larger wisdom People hold […]

Denial

The happy phenomenon that Everyone loves and embraces But when reality hits All those denials hit one hard The denial of others’ misfortune Often dismissed as “lazy or complaining” Comes back biting when one encounters The very misfortune one dismissed The denial of external forces Wreaking havoc in others’ life Often ridiculed as “not knowing […]

Possibilities

Optimists find possibilities In anything & every where Pessimists find possibilities In nothing & no where Both are failing To realize something Finding or not finding Possibilities don’t matter Only thing matters Is to go through Existence as if Everything & nothing is Possibility – Possibility to Be the end at any given point.

Nostalgia

A simple rewind button, or An inescapable self trap, either way One loves to escape Existence’s vicissitudes for It helps one stay Oblivious of one’s finitude All one has are Coping mechanisms to Stay functional and sane In this cold uncaring universe Yet one continues living Knowing very well it could End at any moment […]

Distraction

Everything is nothing But a distraction From the cold Bleak uncaring existence To avoid distraction Would be catastrophic Yet to do That takes courage Courage to stare At the abyss And not feel Anguished by it One must try It on occasions For it sure Grounds and liberates

Expectations

Doesn’t expecting something Only lead to disappointments? Especially when what one Expected is actualized Wouldn’t this make humans Eternally joyous & disappointed At the same time, all the time? If one avoids expecting To save oneself from this Wouldn’t that make this already Absurd existence just sad? Expect or don’t expect Existence doesn’t care Everyone […]